'The Office' Ending After Season 9

The Office will be ending its run after the upcoming ninth season, executive producer Greg Daniels confirmed.

“At some point you have a choice: to always tell the beginnings of stories and the middles or to allow a story to end and I think endings can be very powerful and meaningful pieces of the story,” Greg, who will return as showrunner for the final season, said in a conference call (via THR). “If we didn’t let it end this year, I don’t know if we would have been able to tell the endings for so many character that I really want to know the endings for.”

Greg said that the season will focus on the arcs of the characters and even hinted that there is a chance Steve Carell will return to finish out the season!